A Quivering Quiz

Region of hot magma just below earth’s crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is the solid outer layer of the earth called?

• Coating

• Shell

• Crust

• Carapace

Mauna Loa volcano, in Hawai'i (pictured) is an example of what type of volcano?

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which Volcano is responsible for the Pompeii disaster?

• Mount Herculaneum

• Mount Vesuvius

• Mount Venetiae

• Mount Etna

Match the following

• Caldera

• Place where an earthquake starts

• Epicentre

• Collapsed summit of an earthquake

• Richter

• Scale of earthquake intensity

• Hypocentre

• Gas vent from a volcano

• Fumarole

• Point on Earths Surface directly above the centre of an earthquake

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Way in which energy travels outwards from an earthquake

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Site of a major earthquake and tsunami on the 26th December (Boxing Day) in 2004

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What escapes from a geyser?

• Hot Water

• Magma

• Volcanic Glass

• Steam

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Group of Pacific Islands produced by volcanic action

• Faroe Islands

• Iceland

• Hawai'i

• Greenland

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Cone produced by moderate amounts of pasty lava

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2